Jemds.com Original Research Article Comparative Study of IV Esmolol, IV Diltiazem, and IV Lignocaine Hydrochloride in Attenuating Pressure Response to Laryngoscopy and Intubation Sathya Narayanan Karunanithi1, Geeta Bhandari2, Kedar Singh Shahi3, Aditya Kumar Chauhan4, Pooja Gautam5 1Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. 2 Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. 3Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. 4Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. 5Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Not many studies have compared more than two drugs in attenuating pressor Corresponding Author: responses to laryngoscopy and intubation. This study compares four groups of Dr. Geeta Bhandari, considerable size. The present study compared intravenous esmolol, diltiazem, and Professor and HOD, Department of Anaesthesiology, lignocaine, for their efficacy to abate pressure response to laryngoscopy and Critical Care, Pain and Palliative Medicine, intubation. Government Medical College, Haldwani-263139, Uttarakhand, India. METHODS E-mail:
[email protected] This is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical study conducted among 220 patients of ASA grade I/II (age 18–60 years), undergoing DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2020/447 elective surgical procedure requiring general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation over a period of 15 months at a tertiary hospital setup. Study subjects How to Cite This Article: were categorised as Groups D, E, L, and N that received diltiazem (0.2 mg/Kg IV), Karunanithi SN, Bhandari G, Shahi KS, et esmolol (2 mg/Kg IV), lignocaine (1.5 mg/Kg IV), and normal saline, respectively; al.